Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire).
  2. to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake.
  3. to occur (usu. of unfavorable incidents), to happen, to take place.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
起きる おきる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rouse, wake up, get up
お.きる キ おこ.す (3rd, N4)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)